Jean Restout the Younger
Jean Restout the Younger (26 March 1692 – 1 January 1768) was a French artist, who worked in painting and drawing. Although little remembered today, Restout was well-respected by his contemporaries for his religious compositions.
Jean Restout the Younger | |
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Jean Restout le Jeune | |
Portrait by Tadeusz Kuntze after Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1756 | |
| Born | 26 March 1692 Rouen, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 1 January 1768 (aged 75) Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Education | Jean Restout the Elder, Jean Jouvenet |
| Spouse | Marie-Anne Halli |
| Children | Jean-Bernard Restout |
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| Family | Restout |
| Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture | |
| In office 1760–1763 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Louis de Silvestre |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Dumont le Romain |
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